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Topic: Laptops for VO (as of August 2018) |
DenaliDave
Replies: 3
Views: 5688
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Forum: Gear ! Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 4:57 pm Subject: Laptops for VO (as of August 2018) |
I bought a used Macbook Air 11". It's totally silent and powerful enough to run the recording software I use.
I use another computer to do editing/mastering.
Actually, I have a project go ... |
Topic: Headphones |
DenaliDave
Replies: 10
Views: 10115
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Forum: Gear ! Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 4:52 pm Subject: Headphones |
I'll echo the Sony MDR-7506's
I have high end headphones and cheap earbuds. Honestly, the Sony's have the best price/performance combo I've seen.
I now understand why they're used so much in th ... |
Topic: I Hate Pay Pal. And I hate Laziness. |
DenaliDave
Replies: 5
Views: 4594
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Forum: Chat Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 4:41 pm Subject: I Hate Pay Pal. And I hate Laziness. |
I was had a pending payment being held by PayPal. There was literally no reason for them to not release the funds to me other than laziness/slowness on their behalf.
1. I managed to find a list of ... |
Topic: What happened to DenaliDave? |
DenaliDave
Replies: 5
Views: 5266
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Forum: Chat Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2018 11:29 am Subject: What happened to DenaliDave? |
Greetings VO-BB family!
I haven't dropped off the face of the planet! It's been a wild year and a half! Starting with my first child...
https://i.imgur.com/HIkYeQx.jpg
She's already got a toy ... |
Topic: Potentially dumb question |
DenaliDave
Replies: 16
Views: 15893
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Forum: Gear ! Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 9:31 am Subject: Potentially dumb question |
Most (and I say most) of the audio interfaces have your signal running through the preamp circuitry, even if there is no phantom power energizing the built in preamp.
This can *potentially* color ... |
Topic: pics posted on photobucket |
DenaliDave
Replies: 4
Views: 3754
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Forum: Chat Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 9:24 am Subject: pics posted on photobucket |
Host pictures on your own domain/website perhaps?
I know when I used Wordpress (seems like a very popular option for folks) -- I could also install a photo gallery on my hosted domain. |
Topic: Which 100% Silent PC? |
DenaliDave
Replies: 17
Views: 14383
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Forum: Gear ! Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 9:35 am Subject: Which 100% Silent PC? |
If you need/want to use a lot of plugins and do "audio make up" (as I call it) -- Twisted Wave and Ocenaudio aren't really strong in that department.
I think their strength lies in how e ... |
Topic: Which 100% Silent PC? |
DenaliDave
Replies: 17
Views: 14383
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Forum: Gear ! Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 9:42 am Subject: Which 100% Silent PC? |
Twisted Wave (OSX) is insanely simple and can do everything a VO person needs without it being complicated.
If you don't run Apple OSX there's a Windows clone that's actually free called Ocenaudio ... |
Topic: Which 100% Silent PC? |
DenaliDave
Replies: 17
Views: 14383
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Forum: Gear ! Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2017 10:02 am Subject: Which 100% Silent PC? |
Ah...the joys of ordering items direct from China. It can often times be a mixed bag as an individual! Sometimes things get lost in translation!
Glad to see you were able to get it up and running. ... |
Topic: Apollo Twin Solo: 1st-Gen vs. 2nd Gen |
DenaliDave
Replies: 6
Views: 5632
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Forum: Gear ! Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 10:52 am Subject: Apollo Twin Solo: 1st-Gen vs. 2nd Gen |
Well, I can't find anything about the "improved" analog-to-digital converters beyond the fact they are "improved".
I know from my research that the iD22 I have uses Texas Instr ... |
Topic: Daw recommendation |
DenaliDave
Replies: 13
Views: 10471
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Forum: Gear ! Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 12:48 pm Subject: Daw recommendation |
I recently went through the same endeavor. I am tired of renting and I am going to pull the plug on Adobe. I ended up with reaper. Their pricing is very reasonable.
Same.
I have Logic on my A ... |
Topic: Mouth De-Click, Wow! |
DenaliDave
Replies: 20
Views: 17428
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Forum: Gear ! Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 10:46 am Subject: Mouth De-Click, Wow! |
I'm sure it goes without saying -- but less is more with tools like these. I usually like to start off with it turned all the way down and gradually increase the amount of removal.
Remember, it's ... |
Topic: Which 100% Silent PC? |
DenaliDave
Replies: 17
Views: 14383
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Forum: Gear ! Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 10:33 am Subject: Which 100% Silent PC? |
And apparently you can run Audacity to record sound on a Raspberry Pi as well just fine (I just learned this because I was curious).
[url=http://www.instructables.com/id/Mini-Recording-Studio/]Min ... |
Topic: Which 100% Silent PC? |
DenaliDave
Replies: 17
Views: 14383
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Forum: Gear ! Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 10:08 am Subject: Which 100% Silent PC? |
I've been away for a while (life stuff) -- but have recently been in the process of building a brand new studio for myself from scratch.
Like you, I also wanted to run silent computers. I saw the ... |
Topic: Does Alexa eat bandwidth...? |
DenaliDave
Replies: 9
Views: 5798
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Forum: Chat Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 9:13 am Subject: Does Alexa eat bandwidth...? |
I've an Echo and two Echo Dots, they're placed around my house for voice control of all of my lights, thermostat and front door deadbolt. I regularly check my internet speed and data usage and haven't ... |
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